Friday, December 1, 2017

The Caucasian region continues offering undoubted samples about the origin of wine; what is not so clear is its antiquity, although the latest findings place the consumption of wine a millennium earlier than previously thought, in the Mesolithic period, therefore prior to the Neolithic, something really surprising. Until now experts believed that the oldest wine dates back to 7,000 years ago, according to the remains found in the Zagros mountains in Iran. But these recent discoveries seem to decant the origin of the wine in favor of Georgia; in any case, within the limits of the region known as the Caucasus.

In our article "Wine, more than a fashionable drink", we alluded to both geographical areas and gave as good the latest news about the origin of wine, between 5,000 and 6,000 years ago.
But the discovery of a group of archaeologists from the University of Toronto, who has carried out the excavations in collaboration with the National Museum of Georgia, has changed the history of the origin of wine.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

In the year 2013 Spain became, the world´s largest producer of wine, ahead of Italy and France. But, at the same time, consumption is decreasing especially among young people (fifth country in the world, and eighteenth "per capita"). According to the latest statistics[1] we consume the same quantity of wine as UK: 19,9 liters per capita, compared to 42,5 and 47,7 in Portugal andFrance respectively.